Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space | Erika Nesvold | Talks at Google

Can we do better in space than we’ve done here on Earth? Author Erika Nesvold joins us to discuss her book “Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space.” Space settlement is rapidly becoming ever more likely. Will it look like the utopian vision of Star Trek? Or the dark future of Star Wars? Erika challenges us to decide.
A timely reminder that it's not just rocket science, this thought-provoking book explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space.
Get the book here: goo.gle/428zg4B.
For more information on Erika, please visit www.erikanesvold.com/.
Erika Nesvold has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and has performed computational astrophysics research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Carnegie Institution for Science, NASA Ames, and SETI. She now works as an Astrophysics Engineer on the educational astrophysics software Universe Sandbox. Erika is the co-founder of the JustSpace Alliance, a nonprofit advocating for a more inclusive and ethical future in space. She is the co-editor of Reclaiming Space: Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration.
Moderated by Sanders Kleinfeld.
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[@resiliencewithin]

We truly live in different worlds

[@FloraJoannaK]

Interesting stuff. I'll study this further. Thanks for the talk!

[@HebaruSan]

Less drastic than airlock justice is the MOOSE ("Man Out Of Space Easiest") option, a small, low-cost re-entry kit that would give the offender the option of landing someplace on Earth. Alive, but subject to whatever laws and regulations the land-based authorities might apply in that situation. Naturally only usable in Earth orbit.

[@yeetyeet7070]

OUTER SPACE? I thought this would be about AI before clicking it. But since Google fired all their ethicists, they surely will never talk about those ethics ever again.

[@vikramjitbarua1259]

😂